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👉🏼 (Reading: Psalm 4:1-8)
📜 ""In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.""
Psalm 4:8 (NIV)
📋 It is the Lord who grants peaceful sleep to his people. People who are troubled, perplexed and anxious can hardly enjoy peaceful sleep. But those who dwell in God's safety and enjoy his peace enjoy peaceful sleep.
David dwelt in God's safety, so he declares: "In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety." We too can experience peaceful sleep if we enjoy the peace of God by casting all our anxiety on God in prayer (Philippians 4:6-7).
Besides, our sleep will be peaceful and sweet if we follow the admonition in Proverbs 3:21-24: "My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgement and discretion … Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet."
As God's children, if we cling to God's wisdom and understanding and make choices in life with sound judgement and discretion, we will enjoy divine safety and sweet sleep.
Also, our sleep will be Sweet if we trust in the Lord for our safety. Isaiah affirms: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you" (Isaiah 26:3).
Trust in God and your sleep will be sweet.
🔑 Key Lesson: It is God who grants sweet sleep to his people.
🛐 Meditation and Prayer: Lord, thank you for granting me peaceful and sweet sleep as I trust in you.
📚 Further Reading: Proverbs 3:21-26.
◼️ The Bible in One Year: Psalms 18-21.